Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #733899

DON LEGG

Event
HEAD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, RUN OVER, BACKHOE
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#105803365
Employer profile
DON LEGG
Summary number
733899
Report ID
855610

Event description

Employee crushed and killed by backhoe

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working with a backhoe. He lay down behind the backhoe while it was running and in reverse gear. The backhoe ran over his head and he was killed .

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 57 M

    Nature of injury
    1
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    2
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    853
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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